Kamalapur metro station

Not to be confused with Kamalapur railway station.

Kamalapur (Bengali: কমলাপুর, romanised: Komolapur) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6, currently under construction. This station is located in Kamalapur, adjacent to Kamalapur railway station. It is scheduled to be opened in 2026 and is integrated as MRT Line 6's third phase.^[2]

Kamalapur কমলাপুর
Dhaka Metro Rail station
General information
Other names	Station 17
Location	Kamalapur, Motijheel Thana, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23.7329588°N 90.4254561°E / 23.7329588; 90.4254561
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 1   MRT Line 2   MRT Line 4   MRT Line 6
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opening	2026 (2026)
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station Rajarbagh towards Dhaka Airport or Purbachal Terminal MRT Line 1 Terminus Arambagh towards Gabtoli MRT Line 2 Mugda towards Narayanganj Terminus MRT Line 4 Sayedabad towards Madanpur Motijheel towards Uttara North MRT Line 6 Terminus
Route map Legend km Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line 0.00 Tongi  BR  Tongi Bazar Turag River Sonargaon Janapath East Sonargaon Janapath West Diabari Bazar ↑ Tongi extension (planned) Diabari Depot 7.50 Uttara North Uttara Center Uttara South Pallabi Mirpur 11 Mirpur 10 5N Kazipara Shewrapara 19.23 Agargaon Bijoy Sarani Farmgate Karwan Bazar 5S Shahbag Dhaka University Bangladesh Secretariat Motijheel 2 28.76 Kamalapur  BR  Line 2 Line 1 Line 4 Dhaka–Jessore line Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Source[1] This diagram: view talk edit
Location

History

The extension of MRT Line 6 from Motijheel to Kamalapur railway station was planned by the government in 2019.^[3] In the next year, Bangladesh Railway and Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited agreed to connect Kamalapur railway station with MRT Line 6 of Dhaka Metro Rail. But as the current station could not match the proposed route of MRT Line 6, it was decided to demolish the Kamalapur station and construct a new one 130 meters north.^[4] Various architects and individuals of the country opposed this decision.^[5] On 30 January 2021, the Prime Minister's Office gave permission to demolish the railway station, but in February, the Railway Ministry withdrew its decision to demolish Kamalapur. However, related authority said that the railway station may be shifted in the near future if required.^[6][7] Instead of demolishing the station, the government plans to construct a station complex for metrorail, subway, elevated express and bus rapid transit under the railway station area as part of the multimodal hub that is scheduled to be completed by 2030.^[8] However, Kajima, the Japanese construction firm responsible for the construction of a multimodal transport hub in Kamalapur, stated that it would withdraw from this project if the government planned to extend the metro line.^[a] As a result, DMTCL proposed three options to Kajima for extending the line. The first proposal is to build a station on Line 6 above Kamalapur metro station on Line 1 which is underground. The second option was to build the metro station outside the railway station area. According to the third proposal, they will apply for land from the ministry of Railways for constructing the station.^[9]

Extending the line up to Kamalapur would increase the length of the line to about 21 km. The extension pushes the completion date for the line to 2026.^[10] The extension work started in January 2023.^[11]

Note

1. The reason for Kajima's objection is unknown, but according to the railway authority, the extension project conflicts with the construction of the hub.^[9]

References

1. "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "Metro rail route to be extended to Tongi". Dhaka Tribune. 28 April 2023. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
3. Adhikari, Tuhin Subhra (6 December 2019). "Metro Line-6 to link Kamalapur". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
4. Morshed, Adnan Zillur (29 November 2020). "কমলাপুর স্টেশনকে বাঁচতে দিন" [Let Kamalapur station live]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
5. Raja, N Roy (11 January 2021). "কমলাপুর রেলস্টেশন না ভেঙে উন্নয়নের পরামর্শ বিশেষজ্ঞদের" [Experts suggest development without demolishing Kamalapur railway station]. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
6. Adhikari, Tuhin Subhra (30 January 2021). "কমলাপুর স্টেশন ভাঙার অনুমোদন দিলো প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কার্যালয়" [The Prime Minister's Office approved the demolition of Kamalapur station]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
7. "কমলাপুর স্টেশন ভাঙা হচ্ছে না" [Kamalapur station is not being demolished]. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 8 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. Ahmed, Zafar (30 November 2022). "'All roads lead to Kamalapur': how the Dhaka area is set to be transformed into a multimodal transport hub". Bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
9. Adhikari, Tuhin Subhra (22 January 2020). "মেট্রো লাইন ৬ এর বর্ধিত পরিকল্পনা নিয়ে রেলওয়ের আপত্তি". The Daily Star (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
10. "মেট্রোরেলে ব্যয় বাড়ছে ১১ হাজার ৫১৪ কোটি, সময় লাগবে আরও দেড় বছর". Jago News (in Bengali). 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
11. "মেট্রোরেলের কমলাপুর অংশের নির্মাণকাজ শুরু". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.